Toe-weight



I BEST AVAILABLE'COPY (NoModeL) I I G. MILES.

. TOE WEIGHT. No. 517,583. i Patented-Apr.i3' 1894.

6L if Eda van 6: MZZf-J UN TED STATES PATENT OF 1cm EDWIN G. MILES, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

TOE-WEIGHT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 517,583, date Ap 1894- Applioation filed July 1'7, 1893- serial No. 480,774. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN G. MILES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toe-Weights, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction of the weight designed to be detachably secured upon the horses hoof, and particularly in the construction of the devices for attaching and de taching the weight.

The invention further consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts all as more fully hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical, central, longitudinal section through a toe-weight embodying my invention showing it applied to a horses hoof. Fig. 2 is a detached per- I spective View of the parts of the weight.

Inapplying the weight to the hoof I first secure a plate or strap A thereto, which may be left permanently in position. This strap I preferably construct with a tang B extending at an acute angle ,rearwardly therefrom, and adapted to be engaged between the shoe and the hoof, as shown in Fig. 1. The plate is also provided with an aperture 0, which extends outwardly through the strap at an acute angle thereto, so that when secured in position the horizontal strain will be resisted by the screw 1), which is passed through the aperture Cwhile the vertical strain will be resisted by the tang. This plate I preferably make of aluminum, or of aluminum and compound so as to make it so light that when the weight proper isdetached the plate itself will have no effect upon the horses gait. The lug and upper end of the plate are bifprcated as at-H, the inner end of the bifurcation being enlarged forming a recess G in the inner face of the plate. This bifurcation is adapted to receive the bolt F, the enlarged head of which engages in the recess Gr, so that the bolt may be withdrawn by sliding it upward through the slot.

I is the toe-weight proper, which at its under side is provided with recesses J and K adapted to engage over the lug D and the plate respectively so that when the two are together, the under face which rests upon the hoof of the horse will be perfectly flat. The weight is provided with a suitable aperture L through which the bolt passes and the nut M when screwed downclamps the parts tightly in position and prevents any accidental dis engagement ofthe weight from the plate. To disengage the parts, the nut is removed and thew-eight is lifted ofi, when the bolt may be lifted vertically without in any way removing the plate or strap, leaving a very light piece upon the horses hoof.

What I claim as my inventionis- 1. A toe-weight comprising a securing strap, a flat tang at the lower end of the strap extending. rearwardly at an acute angle therefrom, a screw extending downwardly through the strap at an acute angle, and a weight se: cured onthe strap and over the head of the screw substantially as and for the purpose described. I

2. A toe-weight comprising abifurcated securing strap, a fiat tangat the lower end of the strap extending rearwardly therefrom at an acute angle, a securing screw passing through the strap, a bifurcated lug on the upper face of the strap, a weight having a recess to engage upon the ing, and a securing bolt passing through the bifurcation of the lug and weight, substantially as described.

3. Atoe-weightcomprisingasecuringstrap, means for securing the strap to the 1100f of a horse, a lug upon the upper face of the strap, a weight recessed to engage upon the lug, and a bolt passing through the lug and weight, the lug and strap having complementary bifurcations for the bolt and its head whereby it may be disengaged from the weight, substantially as described. r

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in Witnesses:

M. B. ODOGHERTY, JAMES WHITTEMORE. 

